Community Engagement and Training Core

社区参与和培训核心（目标#3）MS-INBRE的目标之一是培养一批在生物医学研究的各个方面接受培训的学生，包括社区外展。我们已经确定了三个科学主题，以解决密西西比州的三大流行病：癌症、性病和肥胖症。这些健康问题在密西西比州的两个社区尤其令人担忧；农村社区和城市非洲裔美国人社区。这些健康差异是由于缺乏预防教育和缺乏获得保健的机会造成的。我们建议建立一个社区参与和培训核心（CETC），其使命是改善农村社区和内城（主要是非裔美国人）的健康状况。该中心将直接向这些社区提供教育，以改善这些弱势社区的健康状况。为了实现这一目标，MSINBRE与My Brother's Keeper （MBK）建立了合作伙伴关系，MBK是一个在这方面拥有丰富经验和基础设施的组织。这一伙伴关系每年将为16名PUI学生提供社区外展培训机会。这些MS-INBRE服务学者将根据他们直接与目标社区合作的兴趣来选择。他们将在My Brother's Keeper的专业人员的监督下接受培训，首席执行官June Gipson博士也将担任CETC的主任。

Community Engagement and Training Core (Aim #3) One of the aims of the MS-INBRE is to develop a pipeline of students that is trained in various aspects of biomedical research including community outreach. We have identified the three scientific themes that address the three major epidemics in Mississippi: cancer, STDs, and obesity. These health problems are particularly alarming in two communities in Mississippi; the rural community and the urban African-American community. These health disparities are caused by lack of education about prevention and by lack of access to health care. We propose to establish a Community Engagement and Training Core (CETC) whose mission is to improve the health of the rural community and the inner city (mostly African-American). The core will reach out directly into these communities with education to improve the health status of these vulnerable communities. To achieve this goal, the MSINBRE developed a partnership with My Brother's Keeper (MBK), an organization that has extensive experience and infrastructure in this type of efforts. This partnership will provide a training opportunity for 16 PUI students every year in community outreach. These MS-INBRE Service Scholars will be selected based on their interest in working directly with the target community. They will be trained by the professional staff at My Brother's Keeper under the supervision of its CEO, Dr. June Gipson, who will also serve as the director of CETC.